Category Archive Mindset

How accurate do you think you are at forecasting your own future? I visited the Doomsday Expo. You heard me right the “Doomsday Expo” and I was surrounded by people who have a high level of certainty about the future… not just their future but yours and mine too. And they’re preparing for the worst. We all have our own …

Why does everyone idolize this superhero? The “Man of Steel” is this summers big blockbuster movie. Millions of people (not just kids) have or will slap down there hard earned paper route money and make a superhuman effort to get to the nearest or most expensive movie theater to watch the latest remake of Superman. In the past 35 …

You’re on the path to success, focused, on task and driven by intention when suddenly, out of the blue you find yourself screwing up big time. It’s happened more than once. In fact, it happens again and again. WHY? What is it that takes you off your winning game? What distracts you? What’s that one thing that takes you off …

Sometimes it’s the numbers on the scale, other times it’s a single unforgiving glance in the mirror or just a lack in energy that motivates us to work towards being healthier and making healthier choices. Occasionally we all get the “healthy mindset” that we are going to change our unhealthy habits and “evil ways.” And so we begin to work …

During an interview I once told Muscle and Fitness Magazine that “being in shape and contest ready was like wearing bullet proof armor on stage… I felt invincible like no one could touch me.” That armor extended way beyond the competition stage. Being in shape can provide us with an identity, a persona¸ make us feel powerful and even shape …

What is your motivation in your life? Are you ready to BE the person you want to be? If you’re feeling a bit frustrated or discouraged at the lack of goal achievement in your life you’re not alone. Many people today feel a sense misalignment between their current reality and the hopes and dreams they have for the future, between …

Have you ever struggled to find motivation for what you’re trying to do? It can be tough and quite often frustrating to be out there on your own trying to achieve something challenging. I want to share a secret with you today. Actually it’s a secret component in the fitness success formula. And if you learn this secret, embrace it …

Are you kidding me? We’re well into the New Year and you haven’t written down your goals yet? Determining and writing down your goals and objectives are TWO of the most important ACTIONS you can take towards improving both your physique and your life. Yes, I am repeating the most basic, elemental strategy for success because it is overlooked time …

Prior to this weekend’s Super Bowl and before I had heard the news from any of the media sources one of my friends shared with me on Friday that his long time childhood idol had fallen from grace and plummeted down to earth with the rest of us sinners. As a young aspiring quarterback growing up in rural Colorado my …

Twice a month I contribute to Muscle and Fitness online; my take on how to maximize your attitude, inner language, psychology and perspective for empowering greater levels of success in your body, mind and life…I call the video series Max Mind Set. In this edition, I share my top mindset strategies for starting and sticking with ANY new habit including …